Nick Kyrgios and Jack Sock advanced to the quarter-finals of the Mutua Madrid Open on Tuesday, joining forces to beat fifth seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram 6-4, 6-4. Kyrgios/Sock dropped only eight points on serve during the 60-minute win. Klaasen and Ram have picked up titles this year at the Delray Beach Open and the BNP Paribas Open. Elsewhere, Fabrice Martin and Daniel Nestor accounted for last month’s Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters champions Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 6-2 in 54 minutes. Watch Live On TennisTV Watch Full Match Replays Top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers also moved into the quarter-finals, prevailing against Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic 4-6, 6-4, 14-12. Lucky losers Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert...
For nearly two hours, 39-year-old Tommy Haas was about even with Jack Sock, who's been one of the hottest players on the ATP World Tour this season. But the 24 year old eventually pulled away from the former World No. 2 on Thursday, moving into the quarter-finals and winning what will likely be Haas' final match at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston. The top-seeded American saved four of five break points – all four saved came in the final set – to beat Haas 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 and take the lead in their FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry. Haas, who won the Houston title in 2004, had captured their first meeting at 2013 Roland...
Ahead of his first match as the top seed at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship, the 2015 Houston champion reveals his first memorable moment on the ATP World Tour and the first time he flew business class. First moment I realised I loved tennis Pretty much as soon as I started playing at eight years old. My parents said I was obsessed with it right from the beginning. First tournament I played I was nine years old. I grew up in Lincoln (Nebraska), but was playing in Kansas City at a place called The Plaza. I was pretty horrible [smiles], but thought I’d try it just to see how I could do. First coach and...
